Harriet Lansdown practises acupuncture in York. She is an experienced, professional and down to earth acupuncturist, who has helped many people regain their health and achieve a better quality of life.
As an academic, she has worked for many degree programmes in Chinese medicine, and is involved in research studies, exploring whether acupuncture is effective for depression, neck pain, back pain and osteoarthritis of the knee.
Latest Events
New Research Post at York University
Harriet has been appointed as a Visiting Research Fellow with the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York. She is currently involved with trials exploring the use of acupuncture for depression (ACUDEP) and for chronic neck pain (ATLAS).
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York Clinic for Integrated Healthcare
Last year we changed the name of our clinic because many of the therapies we offer are no longer 'alternative' or 'complementary' and are integrated with mainstream medicine. Counselling and osteopathy are generally recognised, and acupuncture is used in hospital pain management clinics throughout the NHS. Acupuncture as a primary treatment for low back pain is recommended by NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
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Harriet's Article on Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Harriet's article about her research into acupuncture and osteoarthitis of the knee has recently been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. To read it, click on the link below
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/10/130/abstract
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NICE Recommend Acupuncture
New Guidelines from the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommend acupuncture for treating low back pain. Clinical trials of acupuncture have been thoroughly reviewed by the experts, and the results show positive evidence that acupuncture works for low back pain.
NICE is the authority that the NHS uses to inform practice, so conventional doctors will now have confidence in acupuncture for this condition.
People who use acupuncture have known how effective it is for a long time, so its really good to have it confirmed by evidence-based research.
"Recent evidence based research demonstrates that acupuncture is effective in reducing pain, and can improve function and well-being for many people."